A mind of her own : Helen Connor Laird and family, 1888-1982 /

A mind of her own : Helen Connor Laird and family, 1888-1982 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Laird, Helen, 1933-
Imprint:	Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, Terrace Books, c2006.
Description:	xvii, 508 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Wisconsin land and life
Subject:	Laird, Helen Connor, -- 1888-1982. O'Connor family. Laird family. Laird family. Laird, Helen Connor, -- 1888-1982 O'Connor family. Pioneers -- Wisconsin -- Biography. Frontier and pioneer life -- Wisconsin. Women political activists -- Wisconsin -- Biography. Political activists -- Wisconsin -- Biography. Frontier and pioneer life. Pioneers. Political activists. Women political activists. Wisconsin -- Biography. Wisconsin. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5900227

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ISBN:	0299214508 (hdbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-469) and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
Prologue
Acknowledgments
A Note on Some Family Names
1. To Wisconsin
2. Getting Ahead
3. Marshfield
4. Laona
5. A Meeting of Titans: Robert La Follette and W.D. Connor
6. Business, Politics, and Family: 1906-1907
7. Risky Business: 1908-1909
8. Promising Years: 1909-1913
9. Melvin Robert Laird
10. Illinois versus Wisconsin: 1913-1916
11. War: 1917-1919
12. Omaha: 1919-1923
13. The Return: 1924-1931
14. Surviving Losses: 1932-1936
15. The Divided House: 1937-1939
16. Endings and Beginnings: 1940-1944
17. Another Ending, Another Beginning: 1945-1946
18. In a Man's World: 1947-1950
19. Regent: 1951-1959
20. Family Matters: 1951-1959
21. A Different World: 1960-1968
22. The Mother, the Politician, and the Professor: 1969-1974
23. Past and Present: 1975-1979
24. Home: 1980-1982
Postscript
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index